Prisoners on Prison Films

Jamie Bennett is a Senior Civil Servant in the Ministry of Justice, UK, a Research Associate at University of Oxford, and a former prison governor. His previous publications include The Working Lives of Prison Managers (2015) and The Penal System: An introduction Sixth edition (2019).Victoria Knight is Senior Research Fellow at De Montfort University, UK.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.-  Chapter 2: Bronson: Power and resistance.- Chapter 3: Starred up: Prison cultures and personal change.- Chapter 4: We are Monster: Race in prison.- Chapter 5: Screwed: Prison work and prison officer cultures.- Chapter 6: Everyday: Families of prisoners and the collateral harms of imprisonment.- Chapter 7: Conclusion

“This book is an exciting read, not only for its remarkable content but because of the opportunities for future research. … This study is clearly limited by time, number and type of participants, but these limitations do not prevent the study from breaking new ground in an innovative area, allowing imprisoned people to return and refute the voyeuristic cinematic gaze.” (Holly Dempsey, Crime Media Culture, April 12, 2021)